That's odd, when I stream at 2500 kbps I get pretty crisp 720p.
You can download file converters that will do it for you, but I'm pretty sure mine is saved as .avi.
Yeah this method will get 30fps. Not the best, but its free!

when you set this up initially, did you do anything that would indicate it was recording as .avi or did it just automatically do it without any specific VLC settings etc?

is there anything that needs changed in the livestreamer config?

any codec specific settings within VLC input/codec selection?

thanks.

EDIT: I tried again using twitch to capture last night after changing my start.bat file from "source" to "best" and i still get the same mpeg 2 (.ts) file format on my output from VLC's record button. I tried recording with fraps directly from VLC and my video quality was noticeably better, but still quite grainy, and fraps creates enormous files at 1080p.

i'd like to be able to capture this way until i can come up with a capture card, especially since my roommate is going to be out of town until sunday and i have all the bandwidth to myself.

when you set this up initially, did you do anything that would indicate it was recording as .avi or did it just automatically do it without any specific VLC settings etc?

is there anything that needs changed in the livestreamer config?

any codec specific settings within VLC input/codec selection?

thanks.

EDIT: I tried again using twitch to capture last night after changing my start.bat file from "source" to "best" and i still get the same mpeg 2 (.ts) file format on my output from VLC's record button. I tried recording with fraps directly from VLC and my video quality was noticeably better, but still quite grainy, and fraps creates enormous files at 1080p.

i'd like to be able to capture this way until i can come up with a capture card, especially since my roommate is going to be out of town until sunday and i have all the bandwidth to myself.

Nah, it just automatically put it in .avi. I don't know what you could do to change it either.. I'm sure it has to do with your VLC preferences and not the livestreamer program, though. It has to be a way that vlc saves its files on your computer. Look it up on VLC's help or on their website maybe?

**DISCLAIMER**
The video quality obtained from this method depends largely on your internet connection. Don't expect to get the quality that you would get from a capture card. But, if you just want to record things for fun, you aren't too worried about excellent video quality, and don't want to buy a capture card, you've come to the right place.

Is everything clear? Any questions/suggestions?

Or you can just use the twitch Create a Highlight feature, select the game(s) you want and upload it to youtube when it asks if you want to and then just get a youtube video downloader. Less steps, twitch does all the hard work and it's super easy.

Or you can just use the twitch Create a Highlight feature, select the game(s) you want and upload it to youtube when it asks if you want to and then just get a youtube video downloader. Less steps, twitch does all the hard work and it's super easy.

The quality would be worse though. Having to upload to youtube from twitch, then download from youtube, and then uploading to youtube again in the future with your edit.

The quality would be worse though. Having to upload to youtube from twitch, then download from youtube, and then uploading to youtube again in the future with your edit.

My twitch uploads to youtube in HD and then if you download the video at it's highest quality and then reupload it should look fine. You aren't going to get 1080 from the screen capture unless you have good internet anyway.